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16. Inductive generalizations in semantic change
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Simon C. Dik✝
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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- List of publications of Winfred P. Lehmann 1
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Part I: Studies in descriptive linguistics
- 1. Delocutive verbs in dyirbal 21
- 2. Multiple SD’s for unambiguous sentences: continuums 39
- 3. Remarks on the separation between syntax and semantics 71
- 4. ‘Sexism’ and the Norwegian language 83
- 5. Machine translation and abstract terminology 95
- 6. Literary meanings — complex or simple? 109
- 7. Some aspects of lexical synonymy in contemporary persian 125
- 8. The humboldtian trend in linguistics 145
- 9. On the inadequacy of type-3 and type-2 grammars for human languages 159
- 10. False cognates in english and spanish 173
- 11. Specificness in generative grammar 188
- 12. Language in a sexist society 209
- 13. Rule breaking in english spelling: A study of final E 217
- 14. Linguistics as a practical science 235
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Part II: Studies in historical linguistics
- 15. Typological notes on irish word-order 267
- 16. Inductive generalizations in semantic change 283
- 17. The uralo-yukaghir focus system: a problem in remote genetic relationship 301
- 18. ‘Something stolen’: a semitic participle and an indo-european neuter substantive 317
- 19. Why AP- ISH but worm- Y ? 341
- 20. Bartholomae’s law and an ie root structure constraint 365
- 21. Secondary stress in germanic alliterative verse 393
- 22. Approaches to the study ofvedic religion 405
- 23. Lexical restructuring versus rule addition: a case study in dialect differentiation 417
- 24. A note on Hippocrates’ γραµµατική 429
- 25. historical considerations for lexical variation in cypriotic and standard greek 437
- 26. The synchronic description and historical change 445
- 27. An identification of a language — a methodology 457
- 28. Hildebrandslied 35b: Dat ih dir it nu bi huldi gibu 481
- 29. On the nativization of modern hebrew and the role of children in this process 487
- Index of names 499
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- List of publications of Winfred P. Lehmann 1
-
Part I: Studies in descriptive linguistics
- 1. Delocutive verbs in dyirbal 21
- 2. Multiple SD’s for unambiguous sentences: continuums 39
- 3. Remarks on the separation between syntax and semantics 71
- 4. ‘Sexism’ and the Norwegian language 83
- 5. Machine translation and abstract terminology 95
- 6. Literary meanings — complex or simple? 109
- 7. Some aspects of lexical synonymy in contemporary persian 125
- 8. The humboldtian trend in linguistics 145
- 9. On the inadequacy of type-3 and type-2 grammars for human languages 159
- 10. False cognates in english and spanish 173
- 11. Specificness in generative grammar 188
- 12. Language in a sexist society 209
- 13. Rule breaking in english spelling: A study of final E 217
- 14. Linguistics as a practical science 235
-
Part II: Studies in historical linguistics
- 15. Typological notes on irish word-order 267
- 16. Inductive generalizations in semantic change 283
- 17. The uralo-yukaghir focus system: a problem in remote genetic relationship 301
- 18. ‘Something stolen’: a semitic participle and an indo-european neuter substantive 317
- 19. Why AP- ISH but worm- Y ? 341
- 20. Bartholomae’s law and an ie root structure constraint 365
- 21. Secondary stress in germanic alliterative verse 393
- 22. Approaches to the study ofvedic religion 405
- 23. Lexical restructuring versus rule addition: a case study in dialect differentiation 417
- 24. A note on Hippocrates’ γραµµατική 429
- 25. historical considerations for lexical variation in cypriotic and standard greek 437
- 26. The synchronic description and historical change 445
- 27. An identification of a language — a methodology 457
- 28. Hildebrandslied 35b: Dat ih dir it nu bi huldi gibu 481
- 29. On the nativization of modern hebrew and the role of children in this process 487
- Index of names 499
